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A Battle-Tested Do-Everything Survival Tool That Even Marines Carry
Gerber products and I have had a long and fruitful relationship. My first experience with a Gerber came about way back when in my early days in the Marine Corps. I was attending the school of infantry and was accepted in the machine gunner’s course.
Here my instructor, a sergeant with years of experience, told us all to buy Gerber or Leatherman multi-tools. I looked up to this man as the ultimate machine gunner and wanted to be just like him. He carried a Gerber multi-tool so I hunted down the exact model.
Gerbers are so well-known in the Marine Corps that the name “Gerber” is used to describe any version of multi-tool no matter who actually made it. It was never “Hey can I borrow your multi-tool?” It was always “Hey gimme your Gerber for a minute.” Needless to say, I’ve always been fond of Gerber tools.
During my time in the Marine Corps I cross trained often with our Assault men in breaching doors. They carried heavy kits consisting of hooligan tools, sledge hammers, bolt cutters and even grappling hooks. The tools were effective at ripping into barricaded doors and even thick security doors. It basically took a bank safe to stop our assault men from going through a door.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/04/24/a-battle-tested-do-everything-survival-tool-that-even-marines-carry/
